Imperius Resistance and Occlumency was Harry's anger (was Re: Draco's anger.)

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>>Amanda: 
>Okay, this is very long. It's a summary of canon points dealing with 
Occlumency and Harry's resistance to it, with some interpretation 
interleaved and following.

<snip of wonderful post>

Betsy:
First off, *loved* this post!!  Will have ten million of your babies 
if you so desire. ;)  I think you demonstrate beautifully that Snape 
*was* trying to teach Harry.  Harry, possibly influenced by 
Voldemort, refused to learn.

>>Amanda:
>No, this was a reasonable expectation on Snape's part, and it was a 
failing of Harry's that he betrayed both Snape's and Dumbledore's 
trust by invading Snape's memories. The same curiosity that Voldemort 
is using to keep Harry on the hook in his dreams, makes Harry stick 
his face into Snape's memories.
>Ah, creepy thought--I hope Voldemort wasn't behind *that* curiosity 
as well, or Snape surely is toast.<

Betsy:
*shivers*  I hope you're wrong about that.  Because if Voldemort did 
figure out that Snape is a spy because of Harry refusing to work on 
his Occlumency...  yuck.  Actually, that gives me hope, because I 
think the death of Sirius is supposed to be Harry's wake-up call that 
he needs to work with others.  (I think it also pushed Dumbledore to 
realize that he cannot hold Harry back any longer.)  To have Snape 
die for the same mistake seems a little redundant.

Also, Harry has demonstrated his curiosity before.  This isn't the 
first time he's peeked into someone's memories.  I think Harry's 
innate curiosity made Voldemort's job fairly easy, and was the reason 
Voldemort used the dream the way he did.  I wonder if Voldemort 
didn't draw it out a bit himself.  Just to make sure the fish was 
well and truly hooked.  And I like that JKR showed Voldemort being 
subtle.  Makes for a better villian. :)

Betsy